No Scripture gives a better picture of a Redeemer than the story of Ruth. In and of itself, Ruth is a love story involving a woman who married into an Israelite family living in her country of Moab. She is blessed to have a widowed mother-in-law she would grow to love like her own mother. Even after her husband dies, she clings to her mother-in-law, following her to Israel. In a land that is not known for being kind to Moabites, she finds acceptance and love. That would be enough to write a novel and even have it adapted into a story for the big screen, yet there is much more.
This story is more than a simple love story of a man and a woman who meet and fall in love. It's also about Naomi, the mother-in-law. Naomi and her husband walked away from GOD's protection and trusted in their own understanding, they had little faith in their GOD to care for them in difficult times. In this story we learn about GOD's love for those of us who are in need of HIS loving forgiveness and how HE made a provision for us to get back in HIS good grace and find eternal peace and happiness. For Naomi and Ruth their redeemer was Boaz, and for us Boaz is a type of Christ,. They both fulfilled all the requirements of the law needed for us to get back into GOD's good grace.
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